2 feared dead during Nekede Poly protest… as authorities shut school
The Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, has been closed indefinitely by its management, following the violent demonstration carried out, Wednesday, which allegedly claimed the lives of two students.
First Bank records 23% growth in half-year profit
First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, Plc, has recorded a 23.33 per cent growth in profit after tax in its half year 2011 financial performance.
N40bn scam: Don’t compare me with Bode George, Bankole warns EFCC
Determined to extricate himself from allegations that he inflated the cost of contracts awarded by the House of Representatives whilst he was the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for comparing the crime he allegedly committed with that of the convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Chief Bode George.
Adoke Vs Waziri: Controversy in anti-graft war
Controversy on the direction of the nation’s anti-graft war raged yesterday following growing infighting at the top echelon of government. At the centre of the controversy is the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Mrs. Farida Waziri.
The Six-Year Serious Joke
IT always starts as a joke, grows into a yoke and finally the authorities jostle with the idea until it throws the country into a frenzy. Whether with the military or civilians, speculations about tenure elongation have unfortunately become part of our national life, a major distraction that holds the country hostage until either the promoters of the ideas are tired or defeated.
2012 AFCON: Eagles must take their chances – Okocha
Former Nigeria captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, believes that the Super Eagles can still qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to hold in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
